delay, cannot be retrieved, and a measly crop or perhaps a failure 

 is the inevitable result. 



It is a mistake to suppose that your dealer is always prepared 

 to fill a rush order for spawn, and especially Pure Culture Spawn. 

 The demand for Pure Culture Spawn, at present and for some time 

 to come, will exceed the supply, and dealers can only obtain it from 

 the manufacturers in limited quantities by placing their orders in 

 advance and in excess ol their needs. A careful grower will place 

 his order with his dealer at least sixty days before his beds are 

 expected to be ready for the spawn. If, as is often the case the 

 dealer has not in stock the kind of spawn or variety desired, he 

 should be given time to order a fresh supply. Rush orders are 

 filled with any stock on hand. 



A good method is to first address an inquiry to yo_ur dealer^ ask- 

 ing if he will be able to supply you with "Lambert's Pure Culture 

 Spawn" of the American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn., naming the 

 variety wanted, and whether or not he can positively make deliv- 

 ery on or before a specified date (giving him from 30 to 60 days). 

 This will give him time to procure a fresh stock, if not on hand, 

 and at the same time indicate to him where to procure it. On a time 

 order the chances are that you will receive the freshest spawn, spe- 

 cially ordered for your purpose, while the old stock will be kept on 

 hand to meet the rush orders. In fact, where orders are for one o!r 

 more full cases, dealers may have shipments made direct to the 

 grower from our warehouses in Philadelphia or in St. Paul. In 

 this manner mistakes or substitution are avoided and fresh spawn 

 guaranteed. 



Realizing that the discovery of Pure Culture Spawn will soon 

 result in the abandonment of English and other forms of wild 

 spawn, some importers of foreign wild spawns have attempted to 

 meet the situation by offering, at a reduced price, English spawn 

 under the name of "English Pure Culture Spawn." They are un- 

 able, however, to name the specific variety of mushrooms which 

 this so-called "English Pure Culture" spawn will produce. Since 

 this' is the fundamental distinction between pure culture spawn 

 and wild spawn, the deception is easily exposed. 



19. Price of Pure Culture Spawn 



Pure Culture Spawn is more expensive than the old-fashioned 

 English or wild spawn for the same reason that grafted trees cost 

 more than wild seedlings. But the small additional outlay for the 

 seed is repaid manifold in the abundance and quality of the crop, 

 and the grower is absolutely certain that he is not, raising poison- 

 ous or undesirable varieties. An intelligent farmer could not be 

 induced to plant wild seed, even if given to him, when improved 

 seed is available. 



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